Commerce Bank founder Vernon Hill sued over book

10:31 AM,
Nov. 30, 2012

Written by

Jim Walsh
| Staff writer

Some authors get harsh reviews, but South Jersey banker Vernon Hill II is being sued over his new book.

Hill, who founded Commerce Bank in 1973 and built it into one of the region's largest financial institutions, offers to share his business knowledge in "FANS! Not Customers: How to Create Growth Companies in a No Growth World."

But TD Bank N.A., which absorbed Commerce after its acquisition in 2008, claims it holds the copyright for much of the book's contents. ...

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